Arabic-speaking social media users appear less inclined to stand with Ukraine, seeing a lack of international support for Arab populations in times of upheaval.
, numerous posts in Arabic have weighed in on the conflict with what they say are double standards regarding the West's complicit nonchalance at best, and deadly intervention at worst when it comes to countries like Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Iraq.
Mahmoud Pargoo, associate research fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute in Melbourne, mapped out these trends using tweets in Arabic posted between February 22 and March 15. "It's like a second degree perspective to Ukraine somehow, they see in Ukraine something about themselves, or a reflection of their grievances," Pargoo toldHe noted that while English-language Twitter users are concerned with"first degree experiences" within the conflict, tweets in Arabic focus on bigger picture issues.
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